Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-11
CHAPTER XIV.
AYrsnA DIVES JUDGMENT.


AYEsnA GIVES JUDGMENT.
The next thing that remember was open
Ing my eyes and perceiving the form OF job,
who had now practically recovered from his
attack OF fever. lie was standing In the ray
of light that pierced into tho cayo from tho
outer air, shaking out my clothes as q make
shift for brushing them, which ae could not
do because there WINS no brush, and then fold
ing them up neatly and laying them on tho
foot Of the stone couch. This done, no got
my travelling dressing case out OF the Glad
stone bag and opened II ready for my use.
After had dressed myslf passed into
the eating, or rather ombalming, chamber,
and had some FOOD which was, as before,
brought to mo by the girl mutes When /
had finished vert and saw poor Leo, who
was quite Off his head and did not even know
me. asked Ustano how she thought no was,
but she only shook her head and began to cry
a little. Evidently her hopes were small, and
then and there made up my mind that, II 1t
were in any way possible, would get She to
come and see him. Surely She would cure
him II She chose; at any rate, She sold She
could, Whilst | was in the room Billali
entered, and also shook his head.
IHo will die at night" no said
"God forbid, my father" answered, and
turned away with heavy heart.
'Sho-who-must-b e-obeyod' commands thy
presence, my Baboon,o said tho old man as
soon az we got to the curtain; "but, oh, my
dear son. BIO moro careful. Yesterday Imade
sure IN my heart that She would blast theo
whom thou didst not crawl upon thy stomach
before hor 5ho Is sitting In the great hall TO
do Justice upon those who would have smitten
thee and thu Lion Come ON, my son; come
swiftly"
| turned, and followed him down the pas
sage, and whom we reached the great central
cave saw that many Amahagger, some robed
and some merely clad In the sweet simplicity
OF leopard skin, were hurrying up 1t. We
mingled with the throng, and walked up the
enormous and indeed almost interminable
cave. All the way up 1t the walls were
deliberately sculptured, and every twenty
PAGES or 50 passages opened out Of IL ut right
angles, leading, Billali told me, to tombs hol-
lowed in tho rock by "tho people who wero
before" Nobody visited those tombs now.
he said; and l must say that my heart re-
joiced when thought OF tho opportunities OF
antiquarian research that opened out before
mo.
At last we came TO tho head OF the cave,
where there was rock dais almost exactly
similar TO the one on which we had been so
furiously attacked, a fact that proved to NC
that these dais must have been used as affairs,
probably for the celebration OF religious cete.
monies, and moro especially Of rites connected
with the interment OF tho dead. On either
aJo "a tiu A. ;a ,uo,a lao ,li,r IliIlaIi
informed me, to other caves full OF dead
bodies. "Indeed,p he added, ''the whole
mountain Is full Of dead, and nearly all OF
them are perfect
In front OF the dais were gathered great
number of people Of both sexes, who stood
glaring about in their peculiar gloomy
fashion, which would have reduced Mark
Tapley himself to misery IN about five
minutes On the dais was rude chair OF
black wood inlaid with ivory, with q seat
made Of grass fiber and footstool formed Of
. wooden slab attached to the chair
Suddenly there WINS cry Of "Hiyal Hiyar
laShc Shel'0 and thereupon the entire crowd
instantly procipitated itself upon the ground
and lay there as though 1t were individually
and collectively stricken Dead leaving me
standing up like some solitary survivor Of q
massacre. As they did 20 long string OF
guards began to dcfile from passage TO bhc
left and ranged themselves on either side Of
the dais Then followed about score of
malc mutes, then ns many women mutes
bearing lamps, and then q tall white figure,
swathed from head to foot, In whom Iecog.
nized She herself. She mounted the dais and
SIT down upon the chair, and spoke to IN
In Greck-1 suppose because she did not wish
those present to understand what she said
@Coinc hither, Holly" she said, aand sit at
my feet and sec me do justice on those who
would have slain thee. Forgive mo IL my
Greek doth halt like a lame man; 1t Ia so long
since have heard the sound Of it that my
tongue Is stiff and will not bend to the words. n
/ bowed, and mounting tho dais SGT down
at her feet
4fIow ddst thou sleep, my Ho,'yr she
asked.
u slept not well, o Ayeshai" answered
with perfect truth ard with an inward fear
that perhaps she know how had passed tho
heart of the night
$50 she said with little laugh, Il, too,
have not slept well. Last night had dreams,
and methinlSs thou didst call them to me, D
Holly"
"Of what didst thou dream, Ayoshar l
asked indiiferently.
II dreamed" she answered quickly, "of ono
1 hate and one love" and then, as though
to turn the conversation, she addressed the
captain Of her guard in Arabic: aLet the
men b. brought before me.g
The captain bowed low--for the guard and
her attendants did not prostrato themselves,
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with his underlings down a passage TO the
right
swathed bead upon her band and appeared 10
be lost In thought, while the multitude before
her continued to grovol upon their stonlachs,
only screwing their heads round little 80 a.